Waveguide to microstrip line transition and power divider

Abstract

A novel waveguide to microstrip line transition and power divider with a planar structure is presented. The transition and power divider is designed on both sides of a single layer dielectric substrate, and can be used as a feed of an array antenna with a waveguide feed structure or as a complete integration of waveguide components with active components such as MMIC. Experimental results are shown and compared with simulations; it is shown that good return and insertion loss characteristics are obtained for the K-band.